The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-06
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
YESTERDAY PUyGkYT POINTS OF
PERSONAL OPINION
Csrlisle's Little Speech-The world" on
the Message Reform Of Land steals.
The Jim Grow" Car-New Dynainits
SheIIs-Products aud stocks.

/ SufUs-ITouucts auu StOtks.
Mr. Carlisle on Saturday night, upon
being nominated for Speaker, said:
with united and harmonious Dem
ocratic majority, 1t is impossible for us
10 fail.
While without such u majority 1t is
impossible for us to succeed, or, at least,
success would be extremely doubtful. II
is OF the highest importance that we
should reconsider, If possible, all differ
ences OF opinion among ourselves before
engaging in a contest with the common
enemy.
Ii we can agree among ourselves on
essential points, We can well afford, in
view OF The critical condition OF the cOun-
Try, to postpone The discussion of minor
matters until more appropriate time.
This course, II seems 10 me, is demanded
by the highest considerations of party
espediency and the public welfare"
The Snn comments as follows This
is wise and patriotic advice 1t should be
pondered 10y every Democrat in Congress
and out Of Congress.
The Democratic majority over the
Republicans in the House which meets
to-day is only fifteen. There are four In
dependents, SO called, whose votes NAV
al times increase and at times diminish
the working strength of the party II
these four votes should be cast against
any Democratic measure the majority in
full House would be reduced To eleven
That is a narrow margin.
! The W0rid correspondent thinks that
the following will be the cream OF the
Presidents message.
The President will take radical ground
upon the tariff question. He will recon-
mend that nearly all raw material 10
be used in the manufactures shall be put
upon the free list. He will rec
ommend specifically that iron ores.
tin plate, salt, lumber, coal and
wool shall be pn, upon the free
list. He Will not recommend that copper
ores shall be placed upon the free list lie
will not refer al any great length 10 the
discussion as to the reduction OF internal
revenue duties, but will make il clear that
he altogether disapproyes ofthat PROPOSE
ton. He will refer specifically to many
articles upon which there ATE now unduly
high import duties and recommend n
proper reduction OF The tariff upon them
There will be nothing in his message akin
10 the horizontal reduction scheme Of
the last Morrison bill His recommeuda
lions are more ia the line OF the hill
offered by Abram ) Hewitt in the Forty.
seventh Congress"
The New York Times, in calling aiien
ton to Secretary Lamars report on the
public lands, reYives the history of the
vast land steals during President ArIhur's
rule, and referring To Mr. Lamar's work
Of reform says that the Secretary shows
that since March 4, 1886, there have been
restored 10 the public .Omain -, GG3 3Ji
acres. OF this quantity 81 900 900 acres
were recovered from the grasp of railroad
companies and opened for settlement a.
a result OF Commissioners Sparks memo
rable decision In The case Of GulfOrd
Miller, although about two years elapsed
before that decision and the principles
involved were presented TO the President
so forcibly as TO cause him 10 require the
Indemnity withdrawal orders to be re-
yoked Moreover, IA 23S, 93 acres have
been reclaimed or saved by the canceing
Of fraudulent or illegal entries in pursu-
ance of the policy adopted by Commits
sioner Sparks and denounced wherever
fraudulent entrymcn and thieving syndi.
Gates could make themselves heard
That is a righteous decision of the In.
ter-state Commerce Commission, that
railroads must furnish first.class accom-
mediation 10 passengers to whom il sells
iirst-class tickets, and not discriminate
against negroes on account of their color
The Commissioner says that at the South
" colored people may be assigned separate
cars on equal terms without advantage TO
either race and with increased comfort 10
both" But second-clsss comfort and
conyeniences for first-class pay will not
DO This is the essence Of justice and
sound sense.-N Y World
Lieutenant Graydon's invention Of
loading shells with dynamite so that they
can be fired from any gun with the same
amount of powder as is generally used
for charging the weapon, will allow the
shells to be sent over a distance Of from
five 10 eight miles. This is not, however,
the only superiority it has. The penc-
traiion which the shells secure before ex-
ploding makes them particularly destruc-
live. Hitherto shells containing dyna-
mite have exploded as quickly as they
struck the Hat surface Of the object
against which they were fired. but now
the shells enter several inches into the
iron plate This, as stated, multiplies TO
a great extent the destructive power of
the explosive and renders il more yalua-
bic than ever Dispatch to the Washington
Post
Products still rise and stocks still de-
cline. Whether it be scientifically true
that every light must have its shadow,
the correspondence between booming
lprices for products and declining prices
for stocks is singularly close. The aver
age price of sixty active stocks closed on
Saturday 81 per cent lower than at the
beginning of last July. But the advance
in the average price of several hundred
commodities, from July 10 the close on
Saturday, was 9.G2 per cent During the
latter part of the week both stocks and
products were tending upward, but the
agreement is unnatural. If products are
scarce and dear, the railroads have less
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